Loeb & Loeb LLP

118 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Litigation - Trusts and Estates Trusts and Estates

Biography

David Nelson is co-chair of Loeb & Loeb’s Trust and Estate Litigation Practice. Previously, he served as chair of the firm’s Los Angeles Trusts and Estates Practice. He concentrates on trust, probate and conservatorship litigation including: litigation and disputes involving trusts, decedents’ estates and conservatorships; will and trust contests; breach of fiduciary duty claims; and interpretation of testamentary instruments. David also has an appellate practice. His principal clients are banks, trust companies and other fiduciaries, as well as trust and estate beneficiaries.

David is a member and past chair of the Trusts and Estates Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He is also founding editor of the Section’s online publication, Trusts and Estates Bulletin, and has lectured and written on a variety of probate, trust and fiduciary litigation topics.

David has been consistently recognized as a leader within his field by major legal directories, including The Best Lawyers in America, Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers and Martindale-Hubbell.

Loeb & Loeb LLP

118 Best Lawyers awards

Loeb & Loeb LLP logo

Overview

  • Georgetown University, J.D., graduated 1986
  • Pacific Union College, B.S., graduated 1982

  • California, California
  • California, California
  • Georgetown University, J.D., graduated 1986
  • Pacific Union College, B.S., graduated 1982

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates
  • Trusts and Estates
Special Focus:
  • Appellate
  • Litigation

Additional Information

  • Court Admissions
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1997
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 1987

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